Anytune Pro+ vs liveBPM
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Anytune Pro+
This app provides a comprehensive suite of tools for musicians to learn, practice, and teach music. It allows users to adjust tempo and pitch, create loops, and isolate instruments to master songs at their own pace.
- Adjust tempo without affecting pitch
- Adjust pitch (± 24.0 semitones)
- Create marks and loops for focused practice
- Isolate vocals or instruments
- Import music from various sources
- Record and analyze performance
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Transform Your Music Journey with Anytune™! Discover a new way to learn, practice, and teach music with Anytune™ – the ultimate music practice app. Learn faster, transcribe easier, and play along at your pace to make practice more fun. A complete suite of tools to practice better. For over a decade, Anytune has been changing the lives of musical artists worldwide. With tons of user-requested features, Anytune gives you unparalleled power over your practice sessions, making it easier than ever to learn new songs, perfect challenging pieces, and enhance your musical skills. Anytune is perfect for singers, dancers, and musicians of all kinds. Adjust the tempo, choose the perfect pitch, repeat loops, and set marks to master every note. HEAR IT FROM MUSICIANS • “Anytune takes you right to the music, it is a game changer … moves everything out of your way … makes you a much better musician.” - Peter Martin • “Anytune is my priceless personal trainer, helping me practice parts, songs, or an entire setlist. It organizes my playlists, slows down tricky sections while remembering detune settings, and with LiveMix I can learn Anything, Anytime, Anywhere.” - Phil Soussan ***** “Great App - Anytune Pro is the most-used app on my iPad. It’s the best thing for learning tunes that would be too fast or too out of tune to learn easily. Saves me a lot of time. I love it!” ***** “The Best!!! - Worth absolutely every penny. Other similar apps don’t come close to the quality of this one! It will slow things down to a crawl without a loss of quality. Looping and pitch adjusting at the touch of a finger. If you’re looking for better you won’t find it!” GET STARTED FOR FREE Download Anytune today and discover why it’s a game-changer for musicians worldwide. The free version is fully functional with options for advanced Pro+ features. FEATURES Discover what makes Anytune the top-rated music practice app: • Practice at your pace by easily adjusting tempo without affecting pitch, with amazing HQ audio quality down to 0.05x • Adjust the pitch (± 24.0 semitones) of your music to your instrument or transcribe directly into a different key • Use marks and loops to break down the song and use advanced looping for focused, efficient practice • Visualize your song to find the part you want quickly and easily • Organize tracks into playlists for efficient practice sessions with Shuffle • Import your music from the Files app, Dropbox, WiFi, Paste from AudioCopy, and Open-In • Record and analyze your performance to correct mistakes before they become habits • Play songs directly from your Apple Music Library, import audio files, and extract audio from video files • Display lyrics or textual TABs that scroll to your music • Audible and Visual Count-In • Step-it-Up Loop Interval Trainer • Transcribe Mode to easily work through a song • ReFrame™ Audio Isolation to solo and mute vocals or instruments • Pinpoint your instrument in the song with FineTouch™ EQ • Feel as though you’re playing in the band with LiveMix™ • Queue up a mark for playback with Play Next • Fade-In or Fade-Out music when playing or pausing • Gain and Pan Control • Custom Skins to customize the look Need a little more? Additional EXPORT AND REMOTE CONTROL & WATCH APP Add-ons are available. Anytune cannot play DRM-protected songs, including songs through subscription services like Apple Music. CONNECT WITH US See us on YouTube: AnytuneApp Like us on Facebook: /Anytune Follow us on X (formerly Twitter) or Instagram: @AnytuneApp Contact us with your questions and suggestions! Anytune is a Universal App. Buy it once for all your iOS devices. Anytune (Mac) is available separately from the Mac App Store. Learn new songs and perfect your technique faster and more efficiently.
liveBPM
This app monitors tempo by detecting music and beats through your device's microphone. It continuously displays the current beats per minute (BPM) and helps musicians maintain a steady rhythm. It offers advanced features like tempo curve visualization and audio spectrum analysis for professional use.
- Real-time BPM detection
- Tempo curve visualization
- Audio spectrum analysis
- Multiple zoom modes
- Low battery consumption
- Accurate beat detection engine
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Sharpen your sense of time! liveBPM is the tempo monitoring tool for drummers, bands and DJs. It detects music and beats via the microphone and continuously displays the current tempo in beats per minute (BPM). It is easy to use and delivers high-quality results while being energy efficient. === What users said about liveBPM === John Walden, freelance musician and music technology journalist at musicappblog.com: "There are three obvious applications for the app. First, it would make a brilliant practice tool for a drummer, allowing them to monitor just how good they are at keeping a steady tempo without the aid of a click track to guide them. Second, sat beside your kit during a performance, it would allow you to judge just how well you are hitting the ideal tempo for each song in your set. It’s not just drummers that can benefit for liveBPM as the third use is in mapping the tempo – and any tempo changes – in commercial recordings. While this is useful for drummers, it is instructional for almost any musician." JonLong: "I used this at my last band practice and wasn't expecting it to work. I couldn't believe how quickly and accurately it started tracking the bpm, even despite the very loud volume of our music." PocketDrummer82: "I am a professional drummer and I have been looking for something like this for years! Unless your playing with backing tracks or recording, Playing with a Click is too Mechanical. This app allows the tempo to breathe, and its like a little angel on your shoulder telling you the band is speeding up or slowing down. It is totally worth the money." Chris Walther: "I have used this about five gigs now and have quit using my previous tempo meter. I used both for a few gigs to test the accuracy. Dead on. Thanks! Every drummer should use this." magrec: "This has been very helpful for recording. thanks!" === Detailed Description === This is a tool designed for professional use: - Well-tested beat detection engine guarantees trustworthiness - Can handle most genres - Produces results accurate to within 0.1 BPM under the following conditions: -- The tempo is constant or almost constant -- Strong impulses are defining the beat (drums, accentuated rhythm instruments like bass/guitar, etc.) Further features: - Tempo curve shows the development of tempo over time - Multiple zoom modes to show last 2, 3, 5, 7, 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes - Advanced audio spectrum analysis via FFT - More accessible and usually more accurate than BPM counters that function through tapping - Low battery drain thanks to high performance code and efficient algorithms Using it as a musician: - Use it as an objective tempo reference like a metronome - It actually has several advantages over a metronome: -- You are not tied to a click, giving you more flexibility -- Helps you use tempo changes to enhance your musical expression -- With blind tests, it can massively improve your timing confidence, which is especially important if you are in a tempo leading role (e.g. drummer) - Discover how/whether your favorite artists use tempo changes - Measure and improve your time-keeping skills - Identify slowdowns and speedups while practicing your instrument - Always be in control of the tempo during your live gigs and rehearsals Controls: - Power Button: For freezing the tempo curve and minimizing battery drain - Clear Button: Clears the tempo curve - Slider: Adjusts the target tempo range (i.e. 80-160 BPM) - Zoom Buttons: Switch between zoom modes for the tempo curve. (2-30 minutes) Note: - You can check and improve the detection by clapping loud to the beat. Also, results can be improved by plugging in a suitable external microphone. - You can support my work by rating it on the App Store. If you have questions and/or suggestions, feel free to contact me via e-mail or facebook.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: liveBPM at $3.99 against Anytune Pro+'s $14.99. liveBPM also leads on in-app purchases (none vs 3) and iOS requirement (7.0 vs 16.0). Anytune Pro+'s advantage is rating (4.9 vs 4.1) and update cadence (every 5 weeks vs every 11 months). On ads, chart position and device support there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Anytune Pro+ costs $14.99 and liveBPM $3.99 up front. Anytune Pro+ sells 3 one-off in-app purchases. liveBPM asks for nothing beyond the download.
Anytune Pro+ holds the better App Store score, 4.9 against 4.1. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Anytune Pro+ has 8.3K ratings behind it against 115, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 88% of Anytune Pro+'s written reviews are positive against 69% of liveBPM's.
Anytune Pro+ ships an update every 5 weeks, liveBPM every 11 months. The most recent releases landed on September 27, 2026 and September 23, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Anytune Pro+ | liveBPM |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $14.99 | $3.99 — better |
| Rating | 4.9 (8.3K ratings) — better | 4.1 (115 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 88.0% of reviews — better | 68.7% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 8.3K — better | 115 |
| Update frequency | Every 5 weeks — better | Every 11 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases — better | Paid |
| Best chart rank | #38 — better | #56 |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 | 7.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 54 MB | 1 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Anytune Inc. | Daniel Bach |
Customer experience
Anytune Pro+
liveBPM
In-app purchases
Anytune Pro+
- PromoFree
- Export Tuned Tracks Add On$4.99
- Remote Control & Watch app$4.99
liveBPM
No in-app purchases









